It’s time to bring back some blast from the past bonding activities that you and your family members could enjoy during this stay home period!
Stay Home Family Bonding Ideas
BY: ALVIRA ALAYNA
It’s time to bring back some blast from the past bonding activities that you and your family members could enjoy during this stay home period!
With the Circuit Breaker extending till 1 June 2020, I’m pretty sure we’re all running out of ideas to do at home and things have probably started to feel mundane.
But fret not!
We have prepared a few bonding activities ideas for you and your family to put away that stress and bring out some fun and keep it moving at home!
Draw Something Classic
With the current Circuit Breaker, this game is something that allows us to bond with our family members whether or not they’re staying with us.
‘Drawing Something Classic’ is a virtual (online) game that brings family and friends together to guess what’s being drawn! It certainly brings laughter and creativity, allowing your mind and body to feel refreshed!
Photo: App Store
You’ll be able to find this game on Google Play Store and App Store. Make sure that your family members have got it downloaded in their phones as well to play with them.
Play A Card Game
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When staying at home for too long, our body and our minds start to feel a little too relax that certain muscle memory might slowly be forgotten especially when we start ageing. Hence, it is important we keep ourselves pre-occupied and what’s the best way to do so other than to play some traditional card games like SNAP!
Games like SNAP requires eye and hand coordination which helps with the movement which is an excellent way to keep the brain active alert. It stimulates brain cells provides interaction with others!
If you do not have a SNAP deck at home, don’t worry!
If you don’t have a SNAP deck at home, you can buy them here!
Learn Yoga as a Family
If you’re feeling restless just like any of family members do, why not trying yoga! With yoga not only allowing you to get yourself moving, it definitely has a lot of benefits to the mental aspect as well. Yoga can enhance your brain function and positively affect the structure of your brain!
According to Jonathan Greenberg, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, he mentioned that yoga has been used in the treatment of anxiety conditions, depression, insomnia, eating disorders, and others.
Here’s are some Yoga tutorial videos that you can follow with your family members at home in your own space of comfort:
